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Object Number 46-77-30/7673A
Display Title Miniature bag?
Descriptions
Object Description Miniature(?) bag; animal figure (feline?) fills one side of bag; an all-over dot design as background. Design done in supplementary weft patterning used continuously in three-span floats on paired warps. Supplementary yarn is green camelid (z-2s) on white cotton plainweave ground (z-2s). Reverse side of bag is 1-1 plainweave. Rectangle folded in half, seamed up sides to form bag. Two weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven miniature bag, rectangular, brown on tan, bird and dot motif
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Nazca
  • Huari
  • Middle horizon
  • Tiwanaku
  • Late Coast Tiahuanaco
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca Region
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 7.4 x 6.9 cm (2 15/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/7673(a)

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